Renāte Lāce (18 February 1943 – 3 March 1967) was a Latvian track and field athlete. At the

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, she won the gold medal at the in the 100 metres event and the silver medal in the 200 metres. She won a bronze medal with the Soviet 4 x 100 metres team at the 1966 European Championships. Lāce competed at the

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and finished in fourth place in the

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* 1943 births 1967 deaths Latvian female sprinters Athletes from Riga Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade Soviet female sprinters Olympic female sprinters {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub